Articles of Interest

In a Web Age, Library Job Gets Update
Rethinking Media Literacy

School Libraries Work!

New York State Impact Study: Impact of School Library Media Centers on Student Learning

AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Using Technology to Enhance Engaged Learning for At-Risk Students

Teaching Special Kids: Online Resources for Teachers

Cool Tools: Robert Lackie

How To Stop Checking Email on the Evenings and Weekends

Get Your Blackberry Out of Our Bed!

Beyond the Digital Native/ Immigrant Dichotomy

The Administrator's Role in Technology Integration

Cyberbullying: A Legal Review

Preoccupations: Using Wikis in the Classroom

Technology and School Administration

21st Century Information Literacy Standards for the Digital Learners of New York

Capitalizing on the School Library's Potential to Positively Affect Student Achievement: Gary Hartzell

Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: Marc Prensky

Sites to Visit

Book Life

Digital Natives

ESchool News

Center for Digital Literacy: Syracuse University

Cable in the Classroom: Remember...media encompasses more than just the internet. Has a great section on on Media Smart

Center for Media Literacy

Library Research Service: School Library Impact Studies

EdMediaTech: New York State Educational/Media Technology Association

NAMTC: National Association of Media Technology Centers

KCET: Community Educational Television

SAANYS: School Administrators Association of New York State

Edutopia: The George Lucas Educational Foundation

ASCD: Association for School Curriculum Development
Of particular interest: March 2009 Issue of Educational Leadership: Literacy 2.0

The Copyright Site

Educational Playground: Copyright Laws for Teachers

TeachingBooks: Multimedia Database of Authors & Illustrators (Currently provided free to all regional schools courtesy of CVES School Library System)

EdVideo Online: Streaming Educational Video Provided Courtesy in our region by Mountain Lake PBS

Regents Review Live: Streaming Regents Reviews

Thinkfinity:Free Educational Resources

Annenberg Media: Free Streaming Professional Development

NOVELNY: New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (Free to all NYS Residents!)

BizKids: Free Financial Literacy Resources Courtesy of PBS

Tech Learning

Project Gutenberg: Free ebooks!

Stay Safe Online: Promoted by the NYS Education Department

School Library System Association: Links to NYS Information Literacy Curricula by BOCES Region

PALS: Partners in Achievement @ OCM BOCES

Blogs to Read

Lifehacker-Tips and downloads for getting things done

Blue Skunk Blog-Doug Johnson

International Edubloggers Directory

Weblogg-ed-Will Richardson

Speaking of History-Discussions about Education, Technology, & History (Features Podcasts)

2 Cents Worth-David Warlick

The Educational Technology Site-Terry Freedman

Merlin Mann's Inbox Zero

David Seah: Personal Productivity

The Question Mark: Jamie McKenzie

Neverending Search-Joyce Valenza



Tools

Blogs
Edublogs
Blogger
Wordpress
Twitter

Bookmarks
Delicious
Technorati
Digg

Meetings
Skype
Yack Pack
Cover It Live
Vyew: even allows the sharing of Powerpoint and other presentations within your online meeting

Personal Organization
Backpackit: Intranet, group calendar, group projects
Mindomo: organizational mapping
Remember the Milk: Online to do list
Google: google docs, calendar
30 Boxes: Online Calendar
Doodle: Arrange a Meeting
Task Freak: Web based task manager
43 Folders: Time Management
Chandler Project: Note to Self Organizer
And if you're a person who isn't quite ready to jump into Web 2.0 organizational tools there's the old standby...
Stickies: A virtual Post-it note application. You must download the application and install it on your computer.
Toodledo: http://www.toodledo.com/
Evernote: http://www.evernote.com

Photo & Video Sharing
TeacherTube
YouTube
Flickr

RSS Readers
Bloglines
Google Reader
Firefox *Also a web browser

Surveys
SurveyMonkey
Zoomerang

Teacher Resources
Web 2.0 For the Classroom Teacher

Wikis
PBWiki
TiddlyWiki
Wet Paint
Wikipedia: Although Wikipedia does not allow you to create new wikis it is a wonderful example of a successful working wiki.
Wikispaces